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Halloween Assassin

Watercress Park, within the city limits of Van Buren, has a nice collection of old grown shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata,) the only pine native to Missouri. The other day, one particularly large old tree near the spring was absolutely covered with these guys:

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Wildflowers - 11 March

All photos were taken at Watercress Park in Van Buren except for the the Creeping Charlie, which was taken in my yard.

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Things from the pond

One of my very favorite things about the place I live is the small pond in the corner of the yard.

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Checking the Rookery

Some twenty years ago, while beating around the river bottom looking for birds, I followed the grunts and honks of several Great Blue Herons and found a group of three nests in a large sycamore. Over the years, the rookery grew with more than thirty active nests some seasons. Having seen the herons active […]